West Bengal Legislative Assembly Election 2026

CPI(ML) Liberation is contesting in 10 constituencies across West Bengal with support from the Left Front. This is a people’s panel rooted in struggles of workers, peasants, women, Adivasis, and minorities. The list includes 6 women candidates and 4 representatives from minority communities.

Phansidewa (ST) contituency, Darjeeling: Sumanti Ekka is a leading organiser of the working class movement. A tea garden workers’ leader from Taipu Tea Estate in Darjeeling, she stands at the forefront of Adivasi struggles and is a leader of the Adivasi Sangharsh Morcha.

Bharatpur constituency, Murshidabad: Jinnatun Nahar Gulsan Begam from Sijgram, has long been part of the Left movement. As an AIPWA leader in Murshidabad, she leads struggles of mid-day meal workers, land rights, debt relief, and basic civic rights including electricity.

Berhampore constituency, Murshidabad: Abul Kasem Sk began his political journey through the youth movement and people’s theatre. He is a long-time organiser of bidi workers, ASHA workers, and mid-day meal workers in the district. He has consistently been part of struggles for wages, job security, and dignity of scheme workers, along with grassroots welfare and development struggles in Beldanga.

Krishnanagar South constituency, Nadia: Labani Jangi is a well-known artist of resistance, using art as a tool to challenge injustice and highlight the voices of the marginalised. She is currently a researcher on Bengal migrant workers and is actively involved in mass movements and human rights struggles, connecting culture, labour, and resistance.

Naihati constituency, North 24 Parganas: Debajyoti Majumder began his journey as a banking sector union worker and later played a key role in organising jute industry and unorganised sector workers. He is a well-known face in Naihati’s mass movements, including the “Justice for RG Kar” movement, and various civil society struggles against divisive communal politics of BJP-RSS. He is State Committee member of the party.

Budge Budge constituency, South 24 Parganas: Kajal Dutta became active in revolutionary Left politics during her student life at Budge Budge College. She currently plays a leading role in movements for women’s rights, as well as struggles of construction workers and agricultural labourers, fighting for wages, dignity, and security. She is a State Committee member of the party.

Rashbehari constituency, Kolkata: Manas Ghosh has been associated with revolutionary Left politics since his student days at Jadavpur University. He is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Film Studies at Jadavpur University and remains active in progressive, democratic, and anti-fascist citizen movements.

Dhanekhali (SC) constituency, Hooghly: Ruma Aheri is an ICDS worker and a leader of the ICDS movement. She is also an organiser among rural poor women, unorganised workers, and agricultural labourers. She has been at the forefront of struggles for 100 days’ work, against microfinance exploitation of poor women, and for debt relief and livelihood rights.

Bishnupur constituency, Bankura: Titas Gupta is a former student of Visva-Bharati University. She has been associated with mass movements since student life and is currently a leader of sanitation workers in Bishnupur municipality, mid-day meal workers, and scheme workers. She is also a strong voice in women’s rights and civic struggles across the district. She is a State Committee member of CPI(ML) Liberation.

Purbasthali Dakshin constituency, Purba Bardhaman: Jiyadul Sekh comes from a landless agricultural labouring family in Bardhaman. He has been part of struggles of agricultural labourers for wages and land rights since childhood, along with his family. Today he continues to lead struggles of sharecroppers, evictions resistance, and rural poor communities.

Kerala Legislative Assembly Election 

Peravoor constituency, Kannur District: Comrade Aruvikkal Krishnan is a prominent Adivasi leader from Aralam Panchayat with decades of experience in people’s struggles. He has been at the forefront of movements on landlessness, homelessness, and human–wildlife conflict affecting forest-border communities. Rooted in both the Adivasi movement and the broader Left movement, he represents the struggles of Adivasi settlements and rural working people living along forest fringes.

Kattakkada constituency, Thiruvananthapuram Rural: Comrade Jayakumar Theertham is an advocate by profession, practising in various courts in Thiruvananthapuram district after 20 years of service in the Indian Air Force. He is a member of the CPI(ML) Liberation State Leading Team and is also a writer and poet. He has worked as a panel lawyer, legal clinic advocate, and legal resource person across several panchayats. He holds degrees in law, English literature, philosophy, and MSW (counselling).

Thrissur Constituency: Comrade Arshad Azeez is a young Left activist with a strong background in student politics. He completed his BA in History from Hansraj College, University of Delhi, and MA in Sociology from the Delhi School of Economics. As part of AISA, he was actively involved in progressive student movements across Delhi. His activism includes participation in the anti-CAA protests, the farmers’ movement at Delhi borders, the Pinjra Tod movement for women’s freedom, and the Young India Adhikar Rally for employment and education rights. He was also active in struggles at JNU, Jamia Millia Islamia, and Delhi University against fee hikes, NEP, and communal-fascist attacks.

Assam Legislative Assembly Election 

Behali (SC) constituency, Sonitpur: Comrade Gyanendra Sarkar, a retired Assam Civil Service officer, has long been associated with progressive cultural and democratic movements in Assam. In his early years, he was active in the Bishnu Jyoti Jan Sanskritik Parishad in Behali during the 1980s and was also associated with the IPF movement. After joining government service, he worked across various parts of Assam.  He has recently joined CPI(ML) Liberation, continuing his engagement with workers’ and democratic movements. CPI(ML) is contesting this seat as part of the INDIA alliance. 

Howraghat (ST) constituency, Karbi Anglong: Comrade Rabi Kumar Phangcho is a veteran leader of the Autonomous State movement and struggles for tribal rights and autonomy in the region. He is prominent voice against corporate land grab and corruption in the District Autonomous Council. He is a Central Committee member of CPI(ML) Liberation.

Rongkhang (ST) constituency, Karbi Anglong: Comrade Pratima Engheepi is a prominent leader of the Autonomous State Movement in Karbi Anglong as well as women’s movement. She is actively involved in the ongoing struggle against corporate takeover of Sixth Schedule lands in the region. She is a Central Committee member of CPI(ML) Liberation.  

Tamil Nadu Assembly Elections

In the 2026 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly elections, CPI(ML) Liberation is set to contest in around 14 constituencies across the state. Comrades Anthony Muthu from Colachel, Sagayam from Thoothukudi, Dimitrov from Sivakasi, Muruga Boopathy from Ramanathapuram, Meyyar from Melur, R Ravi from Vedasandur, Manimegalai from Pudukkottai, Kannaiyan from Thiruvidaimarudur, Masilamani from Papanasam, C Gopi from Yercaud, Anbazhagan from Veerapandi, Stalin Babu from Veppanapalli, and Tamilarasan from Sriperumbudur are among the candidates.